since 1969 Wthe Native Bee Collective by Dr. Amy Ellwein, Director of Science Communications and Engagement, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic,

Since 1928, scientists have been studying the natural world at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) in Gothic, Colorado - an 1880s mining town turned scientific research station. RMBL is internationally famous (in scientific circles) for a variety of research, but contributions in pollination biology have been particularly highly regarded. One of the benefits of working in the high country, far from population centers, is that ecosystems are less impacted by humans. Pollination research at RMBL depends on these nearly pristine ecosystems. For example, native bee populations thrive in and around Gothic where non-native European honey bees, ubiquitous throughout North America, are absent.

A few years ago, we learned that well-intentioned environmental groups promoting local food production were also encouraging bee keeping. Bee keepers host non-native European honey bees, known to carry diseases fatal to native bees. To protect our ecosystems, and the RMBL research that depends on them, we needed to act. Our pollination scientists met with local groups Our project coordinator, Shay Hlavaty, collecting data with and bee keeping is no longer encouraged. But we realized that the threat still children in RMBL’s Summer Youth Programs in Gothic, Colorado existed because most people don’t know that 1) non-native bees pose a danger to native bee populations and 2) the diverse and prolific wildflower meadows in on the RMBL campus. the high country of Colorado are dependent on our native bees.

3 Conservation Report 5 Bees, Birds & Bioblitz! 10 Field Trips Quick Glance May/June 2017 - page 1 Native Bee Collective (cont.)

Funded by the Lois Webster Fund, RMBL’s citizen project The Native Bee Our scientists, diverse wildflower meadows, and especially our native bees Collective, assists RMBL pollination researchers through education, outreach, thank the LWF for helping us launch The Native Bee Collective! and distributed data collection. Our scientific research question in year 1: does applying burlap to wooden bee boxes increase colonization rates? We were testing the idea that a burlap cover, by providing some shade and shelter, would increase colonization rates or visitation to the bee boxes. Our 20 citizen scientists, who live from 7,800’ to 9,500’ above sea level, each observed two bee boxes, one with and one without a burlap cover, and Two bee boxes, identical, except one is covered in burlap. Owen Troy, a participant in the RMBL Rangers program, did a research project with recorded data on bee visitation each week. We found that bee activity was the Native Bee Collective in summer 2016. much higher in the boxes without burlap than the ones with burlap. We also found that higher elevation site locations were visited earlier (within two weeks of installation) and more continuously throughout the summer. In 2017, we will expand to an additional 100 participants, continue with our research question, and add another: is bee nest preference a function of temperature? We will apply inexpensive temperature sensors to the bee boxes to test for temperature differences.

May/June 2017 - page 2 Conservation Report by Polly Reetz

Action in the Legislature. On the 25th of February 84 people showed up • Second, the bill provided for diversion of 10% of the first $250,000 to hear Audubon lobbyist Jen Boulton walk us through the environmental raised by the check-off and 25% of the next $250,000 to a grants bills now before the legislature – a new high for this event. There’s a sense program for rehabilitators. While we applaud and honor the work of that the changes in philosophy and policy at the federal level have fueled these folks, who often spend their own money to treat injured wildlife, concerns about State actions. With the current partisan gridlock down at taking money out of the nongame conservation programs at a time the Capitol, a lot of bad bills have died since the last Conservation Report, when budgets are tight could weaken nongame conservation. Add and a few, bipartisan, decent ones have passed. to this the fact that much of the wildlife so treated are game species • Bills to handicap the agencies that issue any kind of regulations – to (squirrels, rabbits, ducks) and you can see the source of Audubon’s protect air and water quality, prevent pollution, and preserve the concerns. public health and welfare, for example – are still with us but they • Third, the bill created a 7-member Board, appointed by the director will probably die in the House State Affairs Committee. of Colorado Parks and Wildlife. This seemed like an unnecessary bit • The attack on the State’s conservation easement program, HB 1066, of bureaucracy and there was no provision for a member of a wildlife was killed. conservation organization on the Board. • An attempt to make tampering with oil and gas collection – by lying down in front of an oil tanker truck or chaining oneself to a Audubon lobbyist Jen Boulton, Audubon Colorado Council’s public policy bulldozer – a felony rather than a misdemeanor is still alive but committee, and Rep. Lebsock, the bill’s sponsor, worked to amend the bill (we hope) will die in the House State Affairs committee soon (as of to meet our concerns. You can view it at www.leg.state.co.us. Even if it has 3/20/17). passed by the time you read this, the issues raised are important. There are • The bill to create a 5-year on, 5-year off schedule for income tax many, many good causes that do good works – how much should this Check- checkoffs died in Senate committee. off be diluted? For now, it helps rehabilitators continue their work and we can • HB 1219 to expand the ability of farmers to let some fields lie fallow back that. and lease part of their water rights to cities on a temporary basis passed the House. It expanded this “fallowing” program to the Finally, the bill to allow the Colorado Parks and Wildlife whole state, allowing more flexibility in water management. A Commission to increase license fees for hunting and fishing has smart move. appeared: HB17 – 1321. The bill also authorizes the commission to apply a consumer price index adjustment to the fees, thus eliminating the Meanwhile, a bill to reauthorize the Nongame and Endangered need to get legislative authority every time fees are adjusted. Among other Wildlife Income Tax Check-off was introduced the week of provisions, Section 11 of the bill requires CPW to prepare a report to the March 13. Audubon had some serious concerns about this bill. legislature on how consumptive users could help cover costs for maintaining • First, it renamed the Check-off and deleted the word “Nongame” CPW lands, by the year 2020. We hope this will start a general discussion from the title. Historically, this Check-off was the first in the on how non-hunters and –fishermen can contribute to wildlife management, State and in the nation to address funding for state programs for conservation and restoration in our State. nonhunted species. The name really means something!

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If you would like to receive the biweekly reports of the Audubon Front Range Birding - OPEN HOUSE lobbyist during the legislative session, please call our office at 303-973-9530 to leave your name and your email address. ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR AND MORE! May 13th, 8am-5pm Join us! Festival Birdwalk 8am-11am Chaield wetlands and ASGD Banding station Our legal team requested a status conference with the Corps of Engineers at Silent Auction 9am - 4pm 15% OFF - ALL DAY! Hawkquest! 10am - 5pm We are oering one coupon that is the end of January, 2017, due to the fact that it had been hard to get specific 15% o store-wide purchases all day. West Metro Fire Dept. Demo 11am - 2pm "cannot be combined with consignment information on what the Chatfield Reallocation Mitigation Company is items, dscounted optics, or other oers" Memorial Fly Over - Noon planning for the Park. A number of birdwatchers (and many thanks to Live Hawk Flight Demo - 1pm them!) had been reporting activities such as surveys but the purposes of such Drawing for $500 Spo ing Scope and Tripod work were unknown. The Corps of Engineers, which has ultimate authority

over the project, had not been helpful – and in fact was rather condescending. Premium wild bird seed ~ sport optics ~ feeders ~ nest boxes ~ books ~ gifts “Check the website” was their response. But the Reallocation website, et n n y nt 10% o storewide purchases www.chatfieldreallocation.org had only listed generalities. plus RBC will donate an ttleton additional 5 to SD for en y ee mentioning this ad Perhaps in response to our request for the conference (which the Corps t n O er Expires: June 30th, 2017. May not be www.frontrangebirding.com opposed) more information is now available on that website. For example, combined with any other o ers. Optics not included. we know that the Technical Advisory Committee for the project has decided that proposed mitigation actions to create new wetlands in upland areas Woodpecker Woes and Other Wildlife Issues? will not work. The focus has shifted to restoring and improving existing http://www.denveraudubon.org/about/wildlife-issues/ riparian habitat in the Plum Creek and corridors. How this will interface with the planned destruction of riparian vegetation needed This link will connect you to the to expand the reservoir is still to be discovered. Our Chatfield team will be National Audubon Website and other working to find out. helpful links to help you deal with common questions!

An estimate of project timing on the website suggests that no actual earth- Here is the website for moving or tree-cutting will occur until October 2017, but we still encourage folks to report fox State Park users to report any activity they see to the Audubon office, 303- sightings as part of a 973-9530. research project: www.ifoundafox.org Meanwhile our lawsuit awaits action by the Federal District Court. Despite all the window dressing, the Corps violated both the Clean Water Act and the National Environmental Policy Act in approving this project. Stay tuned.

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LOIS WEBSTER FUND ANNUAL PROGRAM The Kent Denver Country Day School is located at 4000 E. Quincy SAVE THE DATE: TUESDAY, MAY 2 Avenue, Englewood, and is easily accessed from University, Dahlia 6:30-7 pm Dessert Reception or Colorado Blvd. The entrance to the campus (two stone walls on 7–9 pm Program either side of the drive) is about ¼ mile west of Dahlia and 1 mile east of University Blvd. Please see the provided map indicating the Kent Denver Country Day School location of the dining hall and parking areas. 4000 E. Quincy Avenue, Englewood, CO

Join old friends and make new ones at the Lois Webster Fund annual program to learn about the results of research and education projects which the LWF funded last year on Colorado non-game wildlife.

We’ll start with a coffee, tea and dessert reception, and then you’ll hear about the projects we funded in 2016:

-A bioblitz in Brown’s Canyon National Monument;

-The Backyard Bee Watchers Citizen Scientist Project Launch in ;

-Research on the distribution and breeding success of birds on the short grass prairie.

The Lois Webster Fund holds this annual event to introduce the Lois Webster Fund to communities who are not familiar with our activities and to say “Thank you” to all of our generous donors. This year we are being hosted by the Kent Denver Country Day School in their amazing dining hall with spectacular views. We look forward to seeing you on May 2. (If you have questions, please call Margot Wynkoop, 303-733-2868).

May/June 2017 - page 5 Backyard Birds by Hugh Kingery

“Something I’ve never experienced before,” reported Kevin Corwin from Yard visitors over the winter Centennial, “Bees taking over my seed feeders. It started this past weekend include Cedar Waxwings in (Feb 4) when the weather warmed up. Bees hovering around my sunflower east Denver, Feb. 14. Candice seed feeders (I use hulled seed, not in the shell), entering the feeding ports, Johnson wrote, “Today at 8 literally rolling around in the seed chips and kicking the larger pieces a.m. we had the first look at out. They completely emptied one feeder in a day, all the seed was on the Cedar Waxwings in our yard ground below. Their presence keeps the birds off the feeders, and if a bird near Monaco Blvd & 23rd does land at a port it is quickly chased away. Avenue. Twelve birds landed in “The bees show up mid-morning when the temperature gets up the top of our Siberian Elm and around 50 degrees and leave around dusk as the weather cools. I read they do sunned themselves for about this when warm weather precedes the blooming of flowers and other pollen five minutes. We have never seen them anywhere in Park Hill sources, and they are collecting the ‘dust’ and small bits of seed. Indeed I saw Bears by Hugh Kingery their pollen baskets on their legs were full. They seem only interested in the previously.” sunflower chips, so I’ve resorted to taking down the sunflower feeders at the first sign of bees in the morning. I loaded thistle into a feeder with sunflower- Urling and I saw style ports and the bees seem to be ignoring it, though that may change since eight on Mar. 10, and I'm removing their first choice of food. An interesting phenomenon, though Richard Maslow, it's messing up my FeederWatch counting!” in southwest Denver, In rural Franktown, Urling and I also had visitors who messed saw five “taking turns up our FeederWatch counting: Bears! A sow and two yearlings came to call, drinking boldly next to two days in a row. The second day they grabbed the suet feeder and hid as many as five robins.” it. Then they reached up to scarf sunflower chips and seeds from the tube feeders. Though they scampered away when we shouted (and our dog, Dipper, And on Mar. 16, Vicki barked), we took down the feeders wrote, “Have had a and will leave them down for a few huge flock of them weeks. We still scatter millet on the at my backyard bird ground that attracts a few jays, crows, baths for almost two Cedar Waxwings by Vicki magpies, juncos, towhees, and the weeks. I have to refill like. We worry that new neighbors in the water 4-5 times a day. Where did they come from and why are they here?” a subdivision on top of the cliff will Waxwings wander all over the place looking for griggles (see next page). encounter them and call the Division of Parks and Wildlife to have them removed. Or worse. Bears by Hugh Kingery May/June 2017 - page 6 (Cont. next page) Backyard Birds (cont.)

Urling and I followed a Northern Mockingbird that spent some provide a taste treat. of the winter in a neighbor’s skunkbush patch, eating griggles; we recorded Migrants started it from Oct. 18 through Feb. 2. We had hoped to see it all winter. (Griggles: coming in March. an olde English term for dried up apples, and it applies, I think, to dried up fruits of Kevin, March 5: skunkbush, pyracantha, and the like.) “a Hermit Thrush Julie Byers watched a leucistic (partial albino) Canada Goose deigned to visit my at Christian Meadows Park in Littleton. The other geese don’t treat it very little townhouse yard nicely, and it’s a bit smaller than the others. in west Centennial. From Centennial on Feb. 12, Kevin wrote, It was here just long enough for me to get “Once upon this morning dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Hooded Merganser by Bonnie Stefansky pictures. It also cast While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, a seed with some red As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chimney capping...” flesh still attached, whichDavid Leatherman thought might have been from “As I was debating whether to get out of bed on this grey, grim morning, a Pyracantha bush.” I heard, for the first time this year, a Northern Flicker drumming on the Mar. 18: Sheri Dollin in Franktown: chimney-cap of my little townhouse. Seems hormones are rising.” “My Western Bluebirds are back. I Bonnie Stefansky on think this pair returns to the same nest March 5 sent “photos of box every spring. They always have at the Hooded Merganser least two sets of young before winter that comes into our back comes. I love this time of year.” yard with a pair of Mallard Mar. 21: Lisa Crispin in Franktown: ducks. He has been coming “A pair of Western bluebirds bathed here for about two weeks yesterday in a puddle we maintain on usually at dusk, but came Hermit Thrush by Kevin Corwin top of a rock by our garden fountain. into the yard today about So pretty, and they seemed to enjoy 8:30 a.m. He stays very it so much! We have all new bluebird boxes this year, I hope we’ve done it all Hooded Mergansers & Mallards by Bonnie Stefansky close to one of the Mallards correctly.” at all times. He seems to Mar. 19: Bill Eden, south Denver: “I had a Townsend’s Solitaire have been accepted by both ducks and he follows them wherever they go. bathing in my water feature/pond. I went in to get my camera but it was gone One of the photos shows him on the wall next to the female Mallard as she is when I returned. I had heard one at the end of the block about a month ago but eating sunflower seeds. My husband said I would have to go to the local pet couldn’t locate it. It was probably the same one.” store to buy tadpoles so he would have something to eat. We enjoy watching them when they come into the yard. He seems like a little lost duck for sure.” They eat small arthropods and similar critters, so maybe the tadpoles would

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Mar. 22: Amy Cervene, Highlands Ranch: “On my way back from From Franktown, Karen Metz: “I am seeing only the gray- the mailbox this evening I heard my first Say’s Phoebe of the year, energetically headed race of juncos now and Western Bluebird territorial wars have calling from a rooftop. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that Winter Is Coming begun at my place. I haven’t seen any unusually early arrivals.” again Friday.” Keith Hidalgo sent a list of his Mar. 23 roster of yard birds: a Spotted Towhee, 7 Bushtits, 5 robins, plus chickadees, House Sparrows, and Mar. 23, Barbara Spagnuolo: “This morning I heard my first Ameri- can Goldfinch of the season in my Highlands Ranch neighborhood (near the flickers. “Juncos left last week and Red-breasted Nuthatch left about three Eastridge Rec Center).” weeks ago.” Your contributions write this column. Thanks to you in urban and Mar. 24: Kevin: “Winter is waning, and here comes the cleanup suburban Denver who sent in all these intriguing reports. Send a crew! I saw 5+ Turkey Vultures circling low over the vicinity of Arapahoe Road note or post card to P.O. Box 584, Franktown 80116, or Email me: & University Blvd ~ 10:30 this morning. A half hour later I saw 5 again, circling over Dry Creek Road & Holly Street and continuing in a generally southeastern [email protected].

direction. Possibly the same birds...”

Also Mar. 24, Jared: “I’d add to this that I saw 10 Turkey Vultures over Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve. They appeared to be drifting east over (give or take) E. Belleview Ave. While this is in Greenwood Village, it’s near enough to west Centennial to be pertinent to Kevin’s observations.” Mar. 24: Jared Del Rosso, also at the Perry preserve: “a potential Say’s Phoebe pair. (Are they paired up at this point? I’ve seen two seemingly feeding “together” a couple of times at the preserve this week.)” Yard birds, Mar. 20-23: Randy Nelson, Parker: “The yard birds have been very slow lately -- chickadees, occasional nuthatches and downies, a few goldfinches (no lesser yet), a Cooper’s pair, and a recently arrived pair of robins. Juncos seem to have disappeared recently. Crows and ECD’s are constantly announcing their presence.” Barb Shissler: “So far spring migration has not come to my Littleton backyard with one exception. I am still seeing all my winter birds. These include: juncos, Lesser Goldfinches, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Black-capped and Mountain chickadees, Downy Woodpeckers, Northern Flickers -- and on some lucky days Bushtits. However, in the last two weeks, migrating robins have started coming to my yard. One day there were nine trying to crowd into my bird bath - one even went to my feeder!” Some Denverites had robins all winter, as did many foothills yards. Cindy Valentine, of Castle Rock: “We normally do not have robins & we have whole flocks this spring. Juncos are moving on. Starting to see bluebirds.” Magpies by Hugh Kingery

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Educate Generations - Protect Birds and Habitats into the Future Please Let Us Know Include ASGD in Your Will, and Other Gift Planning Options We often receive bequests from people whom we have never had the opportunity to thank. If you include Audubon Society of Greater Denver in The Audubon Society of Greater Denver offers an opportunity for you your estate plans, please let us know. We value the opportunity to express our to make a gift or bequest to leave a legacy and a lasting impact. The goal gratitude in person to let you know that your gift is greatly appreciated now of planned giving is to help you plan your estate and charitable giving in and for future generations of people and birds to come. Those people who have a way that benefits you, your family and ASGD. We invite friends who notified us of their intention to make a bequest to the Audubon Society of share a commitment to educating all ages about birds, other wildlife, and Greater Denver are invited to our Legacy Circle. Legacy Circle special events habitats to consider making a personal investment in the future of our and activities highlighting the work we accomplish together will keep you programs. There are several ways you can make these planned gifts to connected to the “legacy” that you have planned for us. charity and enjoy tax and income benefits: Legal Designation: If you wish to name Audubon Society of Greater • Specific, Residuary and Contingent Bequests Denver in your will or estate plan, we should be legally designated • Retirement Accounts and Pension Plans as: “Audubon Society of Greater Denver, a nonprofit organization • Insurance (Tax ID #23-7063701), with its principal business headquarters address of • Securities 9308 S. Wadsworth Blvd, Littleton, CO 80128.” • Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT) Date of Incorporation: September 30, 1969 • Charitable Gift Annuity (CGA)

Please consult with your financial planner and attorney to assure you receive the best financial advantages and that your intentions are carried out fully.

We would be glad to discuss any planned giving option with you – in confidence and without obligation. For more information, please call 303-973-9530 or e-mail Karl Brummert, Executive Director, at [email protected]

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Costa Rica’s Wildlife and Birding Hotspots December 2-11, 2017 Costa Rica may be the only country in the world to have so many bird species and habitats accessible within such a small area. A country only the size of West Virginia, Costa Rica is home to more than 850 species of birds, greater than in all of North America north of Mexico. One of the main reasons for Costa Rica’s extraordinary bird life is that a variety of habitats, from beaches and mangroves to rainforests and cloud forests, are located in close proximity to one another. In addition, Costa Rica’s wealth of protected areas, ~25% of the country, provides ample opportu- nities for the birding and wildlife enthusiast. This trip includes birding in the cloud forest of San Gerardo de Dota, coastal rainforest on the South Pacific Coast, and the Costa Rican Bird Route. Detailed itinerary and more information at: http://reefstorockies.com/des- tinations/central-america/costa-rica/costa-rica-birding-hotspots-2017/ Keel-Billed Toucan by Reefs-To-Rockies

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May/June 2017 - page 11 Volunteers, Donors, New Friends and Officers & Staff Audubon Center Volunteers/School New & Renewing Friends Donors Programs Terri Allen, Richard Anderson, Denise Arnold, Kennon Albright, Betty Barton, Maggie Brahm, Angela Bricmont, Billie Campbell, Bethany Zerbe, Angela Grun, Lexie Martinez Paule Barford, Karen Barsch, Mark Berk- Nancy Matovich, Pam Schmidt, Lisa Chase stresser, Kathleen Bessinger, Phill Bird, Anna Sharie Chickering, Laurie Chotena, Sally Cook, Sheryl Daly, Leslie De Miranda, Olin Catherine Devitt, Susan Sass, Suzy Hiskey Burr, Wendy Carlino-Jaques, Barbara Chapman, Fearing, W Gallaher, Byron Gibbons, Stefanie Glenn, Grace Hahn, Alison Hazel, Kirby Lucy Michel, Lindsey Shaklee, Dani McLeod Debra A Coffman, Catherine A Cullinan, Leslie Debra Coffman, Jeanne McCune, Karen Yanku Michelle De Miranda, Debra DeAlba, Kellen Hughes, Gertrude Hutchinson, David Johnson, Mark Kelley, Herrick Lidstone, Kris Keith Hidalgo, Rick Hunter, Phil Lyon JH DeAlba, Kathryn Dunleavy, Venus Escallier, Lykins, Alyda Macaluso, Sean Martin, Elizabeth Maslow, Andrew Melnykovych, Renee Yvonne Salfinger, Rebecca Otey, Linda Lenway Ann Bonnell, Barb Masoner, Chris Vanatta Martha Fralick, Mackenzie Goldthwait, Grace & Ellis Mirsky, Linda Pihlak, Karen Piper, Norman Poppy, Gail Roberts, Rob Robinson, Carol Hunter Hahn, Deanna Hanson, Alison Hazel, Ruth Hell- man, Penny L Henson, Isaac Ho, Brett Hulet, Yvonne Salfinger, Kristina Scala, Donna Shelley, Norma Shettle, Hayley Somers, John Field Trip Leaders Roxanne Hulet, Nancy Jones, Douglas Kibbe, G. Taylor, Scott & Christine Trainor, Barb Van Horne, Chris Vanatta, Nancy Vaughan, Dick Anderson, Tom Bush, Georgia Hart, Kerrie Lagon, Amy Law, Christina Leslie, Adam Brian Vogt, Karen von Saltza, Scott Yarberry, Douglas Ziegler Mary Keithler, Michele Ostrander, Karen von Livingston, Jessyca Livingston, Mary Mack, Cyn- Saltza, Barbara Shissler, Cindy Valentine thia Madsen, Elizabeth Maslow, Michael J McA- teer, Forest Newcomer, Ginger Okada, Molly Office Help & Mailing Crew O'Malley, Nancy Page Cooper, Romney Sharpe See next page for all of our Spring Benefit Donors Kathy Ford, Betty Glass, Jeanne McCune, Philpott, Linda Pihlak, Christine Preisinger, Carolyn Roark Yvonne Salfinger, Bill Schreitz, Lindsey Shaklee,

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Kate Hogan Thanks to all committees, Officers & Directors Community Outreach Coordinator Garden Volunteers board members and Michele Ostrander, President Laurie Duke, Celia Greenman,Sara Handy, Emily Hertz Arlene Raskin, 1st Vice President School Programs Coordinator Shelly Conger, Match Grun, Nancy Matovich Audubon Master Birders for Ann Bonnell, 2nd Vice President Lisa Chase volunteering their time. Rhonda Shank Vacant, Treasurer Office Manager Carl Norbeck Mary Urban Spring Benefit Volunteers Leslie O'Connor Newsletter Design/Layout

Wendy Carlino-Jacques, Shelley Conger, Clint Priest Tim Cousineau, Catherine Devitt, Kathy Kristin Salamack, Secretary Ford, Marcus Gallardo, Betty Glass, Jeanne Wendy Woods McCune, Maryanne Munz, Leslie O'Connor, Your volunteer hours are very Michele Ostrander, Linda Pihlak, Carolyn important to us! The Warbler is published bi-monthly by the 9308 South Wadsworth Blvd. Roark, Kristin Salamack, Peggy Salzer, Ken Your volunteer hours are very important to us Audubon Society of Greater Denver (ASGD) Schauer, Lori Sharp, Ana Tolentino, Wendy Littleton, CO 80128 Produced by M. Urban © 2016 as we use them to raise money through grants Woods ISBN 1531-2283 Vol. 51 Number 3 and the SCFD. Please record your hours 303.973.9530

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May/June 2017 - page 12 2017 Denver Audubon Spring Benefit Spring Benefit Donors

A Cleaner Carpet, AEG Presents, Aerie Adventures, Inc., Allen & Brenda Stokes, ALMC at Nova Home Loans, Ana Tolentino, Arapahoe Credit Union, Arapahoe Floral, Aspen Skiing Company, Augustina's Winery, Bandimere Speedway, Bea Weaver, Bind, Breckenridge Brewery, Bridget Milnes, Bubbles Liquor World, Buffalo Run Gold Course, Cedar Canyon Woodworks, Christi & Fraser Payne, Clint J. Priest, Deep Space Sys- tems, DelaFoto Pet Photography, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver Cen- ter for the Performing Arts, Denver Zoo, Diana Hall, Doris Cruze, Doug Kibbe & Mackenzie Goldthwait, Downtown Aquarium, Experience Pros Radio Show, Fermaentra Brewery, Fire Rock Ranch, Flora Fauna, Foot- ers Catering, Front Range Birding Company, Go-Kart Rentals, Hugh and Urling Kingery, Jefferson County Open Space, Jerry & Arlene Raskin, John Wright, Kaladi Coffee Roasters, Karen Yankus, Kathy Ford, Kaylor of Colorado, Kent Wohl, King Sooper's, Laurie Duke, Leopold Bros., Lori Sharp, Lynne Forrester, MacDonald Hardwoods, Max & Yvonne Salfinger, Michele Ostrander, Morrison Natural History Museum, Nancy Matovich, Nexus Financial Services, Norma Shettle, Pacific Office Automation, Pam Schmidt, Pat McClearn, Patagonia - Denver, Phelps & Associates, Platte River Recovery Implementation Program, Reefs to Rockies, Rely Local, Rhonda Shank, Roxborough Liquors, S. Lee Ager, Santiago Tabares, Savory Spice Shop, Scott & Sandy Menough, Sheridan Samano, Strange Craft Beer Company, Titamus Technology, Tom & Char Gottlieb, Tom Pipal, Town Hall Arts Center, Trader Joe's, Urling Kingery, Wendy Carlino- Jaques, Wendy Woods, Wild Birds Unlimited of Denver, Wild Road Camp- ers, Yellowdog Printing & Graphics

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